Wisconsin Badgers

The Badgers are the athletic teams at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. The teams compete in the Big Ten conference and the school colors are red and white. The school has won 27 NCAA titles, including six in hockey. Well-known athletes and coaches include Barry Alvarez, Pat Richter, Alan Ameche, Elroy Hirsh, Bob Johnson, Jeff Sauer, Mark Johnson, Joe Thomas, Jolene Anderson, Billy Marek, Alando Tucker, Pat O'Dea, Jim Mott and Ron Dayne.

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The Big Ten took center stage at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place hotel Thursday and Friday for its football preview extravaganza.
But it was at another Chicago hotel 120 years ago that the powerful athletic conference first took shape.
On Jan. 11,...

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Urban Meyer saw a familiar face at Big Ten media days and glanced at his hair.
"Gettin' gray, man," he said with a grin.
Meyer should be the one showing the effects of stress. Anything short of a repeat national title at Ohio State will be a...

As the longest-tenured head coach in the Big Ten, Iowa's Kirk Ferentz can be the subject of good-natured ribbing from his younger colleagues.
"The term that gets occasionally used is 'dean,' " Ferentz said at Big Ten media days Thursday, two...

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Champion: Ohio State. As if having the most talent were not enough, the Buckeyes' Big Ten road games are against Indiana, Rutgers, Illinois and Michigan. Not exactly a Murderer's Row.
Runner-up: Wisconsin. While West Division foe...

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ACC coaches complained about Notre Dame's one-foot-in, one-foot-out Golden Child status.
The Big Ten coaches who gather...

Two Big Ten schools have offered him. One Big 12 team has as well.
Five days after an unofficial visit, an SEC school offered Mount Carmel incoming senior Steven Wirtel.
One of the Class of 2016's last remaining premier unsigned recruits from the...

Big Ten football … the stage is yours.
You have the nation talking about the epic quarterback battle between Ohio State's J.T. Barrett and Cardale Jones, the selfless shift to receiver by teammate Braxton Miller, the flaky genius of Michigan's Jim...

Braxton Miller is shifting from quarterback to receiver, whittling Ohio State's QB competition to two star passers.
Miller told SI.com on Thursday night that he plans to start the season in the H-back position and also hopes to return punts. He had...

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"How to dunk," Koziol, a fifth-grader at Ranch View Elementary, said with deadpan that the 6-foot-11 Kaminsky could appreciate.
Koziol was one...

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Lake Forest senior Danny Carollo never has to look far for advice on how to become a better quarterback.
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His football future, though, turned two summers ago when his sophomore coaches at Neuqua Valley moved him to tight end.
"They told me to pick an offensive spot. I did...

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